Section 76: Enforcement of sums adjudged to be paid., Magistrates' Courts Act 1980

Section 76: Enforcement of sums adjudged to be paid.

Part III: Satisfaction and Enforcement

Subject to the following provisions of this Part of this Act, and to section 132 below , where default is made in paying a sum adjudged to be paid by a conviction or order of a magistrates' court, the court may issue a warrant of control for the purpose of recovering the sum or issue a warrant committing the defaulter to prison.

A warrant of commitment may be issued as aforesaid either—

where it appears on the return to a warrant of control that the money and goods of the defaulter are insufficient to pay the amount outstanding, as defined by paragraph 50(3) of Schedule 12 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 ; or

instead of a warrant of control .

The period for which a person may be committed to prison under such a warrant as aforesaid shall not, subject to the provisions of any enactment passed after 31st December 1879, exceed the period applicable to the case under Schedule 4 to this Act.

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